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User Review - carterchristian1 - LibraryThing

As the US confronts a competion of fairly recent years with China this book that explains how many inventions come in fact from earlier Chinese history is an important part of the picture. No, we were not first, and it makes a difference.Read full review

About the author (1986)

Robert Temple is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, the Egyptian Exploration Society, the Royal Historical Society, the Institute of Classical Studies, and the Institute of Historical Research. He is the author of nine books, including "Conversations with Eternity" and "The Genius of China," Most recently he and his wife, Olivia, published "The Complete Fables of Aesop" to international acclaim. He lives in London.